Archive for March, 2007

The switch in Casino Royale from the baccarat of the novel to poker for the film drove a lot of fans crazy. Including me. It’s Ian Fleming, for fuxake! That’s a total baccarat situation! And when people like co-producer Michael Wilson have talked about the switch, they’ve mostly said that people don’t understand the rules [...]

Erik Davis of Cinematical has a snippet of an interview with Paul Haggis up. Haggis isn’t currently involved with Bond 22. As far as Bond 22 goes, Haggis told me with a peculiar smile that he was not involved in the film … yet. Though it seemed to me as if he’d be interested in [...]

See how wrong you were, MPAA? The Empire Awards know the truth! Best film – Casino Royale Best British film – United 93 Best director – Christopher Nolan (The Prestige) Best actor – Daniel Craig Best actress – Penelope Cruz Best comedy – Little Miss Sunshine Best thriller – The Departed Best science fiction – [...]

I wrote a few weeks back that Ian Fleming’s Colt Python .357 was to be auctioned off. Well, the sale satisfied the beejeezus out of at least two people: the seller and the buyer. According to Life Style Extra: A gun tailor-made for James Bond author Ian Fleming was sold for £12,000 at auction in [...]

According to China Daily, Sean Connery is opening Alba House as the New York City base of his Friends of Scotland charity. The building is a refurbished townhouse. The Scotsman is convinced this project “will infuriate the Scottish government,” Sir Sean Connery has turned a swanky Manhattan building into Alba House – a kind of [...]

In a very brief Observer interview (found by MI6, who mistakenly call it the Observer), John Barry, composer for twelve Bond films, from Dr. No through The Living Daylights, manages to be extremely quotable and funny. My favorites? I wrote [Goldfinger] for Shirley [Bassey] and the whole score. I was called to the offices afterwards [...]

Movie blog Cinematical has compiled a list of links to a trailer for every Bond film so far. “It’s especially eye-opening to contrast the Dr. No trailer with the one for Casino Royale. We certainly have come a long way, Mr. Bond.”

Turkish model and kickboxer Fulya Keskin claims she is a contender for Bond 22. And once again, the only primary source seems to be a Turkish newspaper. In addition, pop singer Jamelia seems to believe she is a contender, saying: ‘I would love to be the next Bond girl,’ she commented. ‘I’ve looked at three [...]